Rumor has it

Walt Monegan spoke today at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and the link leads to a tape of the entire event. He participated in the Department of Journalism and Public Communication's monthly Brown Bag Lunch.

Mr. Monegan spoke on what he's learned over the years about the relationship between the people and their government. "Basically, what I want to talk about, and what I've been invited to speak on, is the importance of the integrity of our government and its leaders."

He discussed his appreciation of our Founding Fathers and how "the law of the land" includes an understandting that "If the government starts to become more oppressive, the citizens not only have a right but an obligation to alter or abolish the government."

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Monegan's first question from the audience was that the student had heard a "rumor" that Walt Monegan may be running for Mayor.

He said, "I heard that rumor too. Next question?"

The next time politics was mentioned someone wanted to know if he was running for Governor. The answer there was more interesting as he discussed how he's seen a number of political positions function and how some of them posed unique challenges. He then discussed how much he loved to dig into a challenge and then his discussion moved away from the topic.

The third question on the subject was from APRN, who first asked if Walt was going to take any action against the State on being called a "rogue" and he said "I love the State of Alaska so the answer is no." Then she asked for a firmer answer to the question about running for governor and he said he didn't want to violate the non-political requirement of speaking at UAA.

I took that as my cue and I asked the last question of the day:



Walt's reply:



I told my husband that he couldn't stop me from signing up for THAT campaign! :D